Natural Resource Partners to Sell Non-Operated Oil and Gas Working Interest Assets

6/14/2016

Houston, June 14, 2016 — Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE: NRP) announced that NRP Oil and Gas LLC has signed a definitive agreement with Lime Rock Resources IV-A, L.P. to sell all of its Williston Basin non-operated oil and gas working interest assets for $116.1 million before transaction expenses and customary purchase price adjustments. The closing of the sale is expected to occur by the end of July and is subject to customary closing conditions. NRP intends to use the proceeds to repay the $75 million NRP Oil and Gas revolving credit facility in full and use the remainder to further the partnership’s ongoing deleveraging strategy. The sale of these assets will represent NRP’s exit from the non-operated oil and gas working interest business.

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